Baby Explores Playroom – I couldn’t help but smile all through this video so I’ll show it to you guys. Even I get a little tired of being snarky about weighty issues all the time. Sometimes a

Bad Moon Rising – Forgetting all the climate change blather, this is a very serious concern. Food riots, geopolitical tensions, global inflation and increasing hunger among the planet’s

Catholic Group Sells Easter Themed Porn – OK. This has to go down as one of the stupidest ideas ever. It’s probably right under freeing Barabbas and just over Germany invading Russia. Yeah, it’s that stupid. The

City Of Death – This is a most horrible statistic. NEW YORK (WABC) — New and eye-opening statistics about the rate of abortions in New York City have been released by the Health

Pope Visits Sick Children – I found this video of Pope Benedict XVI visiting sick children really beautiful. And it reminds me of the beauty of love and how there’s no evolutionary reason for

They Really Think We’re Idiots – This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen on television. Seriously. Can you imagine that MSNBC thinks you’re so stupid that they have to do a demonstration like this to

Casual Fridays – Change of Environment – Lisa Hendey: Shaking things up a bit | One of my favorite things to do when I’m on the road as I am this week is to take a photo on my iPhone and share it on my Twitter

Change of Plans – Lisa Hendey: Another “Family Movie Night” | I had the chance during my travels yesterday to pre-screen the upcoming Family Movie Night feature “Change of Plans” and

Prayer for Putting Away Decorations – Tom and April Hoopes: User’s Guide to Sunday | Sunday, Jan. 9, is the feast of the Baptism of the Lord (Liturgical Year A, Cycle I). Papal Pope Benedict XVI will

Pretty Planners for 2011 – Hallie Lord: What do you use? | Happy New Year! I hope you’re all having the merriest of Christmases! In honor of this brand new year, I thought I’d highlight three

Outrageous Statement of the Day – Parents of students at Monadnock High School said they were outraged after learning that safe sex kits distributed to their children contained not just condoms but

Things Fell Apart – By Russell Shaw TheCatholicThing.com In 1950, a novel called The Cardinal sped to the top of the bestseller list and stayed there, ahead of books by Ernest Hemingway and

Today on Kresta – January 7, 2011 – Talking about the “things that matter most” on Jan. 7 4:00 – Most under-reported Vatican stories of 2010 If it’s true that the only thing worse than negative publicity

French Magazine Exploits Little Girls – By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The editor of a popular French magazine, well-known for its penchant for the provocative, is believed to have been fired just

Coptic Stella Maris icon – Stephane Rene, who painted this icon, is a contemporary artist trained in the Coptic tradition. He is based in London and teaches at the Prince’s School of Traditional

Epiphany at St. Gabriel’s, Stamford CT. – I am pleased to present a few photos of the Solemn Mass offered at St. Gabriel’s in Stamford, CT. on the feast of the Epiphany. The music for the Mass: Prelude: Wie

The Society of St. Bede the Venerable – An interesting development coming out of Collegeville and St. John’s Abbey: (Click banner to link to their website) From their website, a bit of information about the

‘Chilling’ abortion statistics out of NYC – By Mary DeTurris Poust Sobering. Chilling. Horrifying. There’s really no other way to describe the statistics just released by the Health Department: 41 percent of all

#459 – Corpus Christi Shrine – “Stories from the Heart” is a daily radio program which features Catholic inspirational stories. The stories are uplifting, bringing the heart and soul closer to God. Each show is around 14 minutes.

A Packing Weekend! – Through no one’s fault –for once, not even my own–but due to sheer busyness, I am later making this announcement than I wanted to be, but… This weekend, I’ll be folding

Aftershock; Haiti, Hardship, Help & Hope – After Shock I wrote recently again about the neverending suffering of Haiti , and the remarkable resiliency of the people and the children who live in conditions

Departures & the Lord of Our Trys – The other day, I posted a bit of gorgeous music from a film soundtrack. I’d been turned on to the music by Joseph Susanka, the excellent writer who also blogs at Inside

Devils are hot; as in topical! – Giotto, Exorcism at Arezzo (1297-99), Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi No, not hot as in tropical ! Okay, bad wordplay, but Tim Muldoon’s started it, here with his

PODCAzT 114: Sing those Litanies! – Inspired by something I did recently in New York City, in this audio project I get into Litanies, namely, singing Litanies, not just reciting them. I guess this is also